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Physical Evidence (1989)
 5.1
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Physical Evidence (1989)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.
Style: serious, captivating, suspenseful, tense, realistic, bleak
Plot: courtroom, murder, false accusation, courtroom drama, police, frame up, who done it, legal investigation, dishonesty, legal action, legal, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, protagonist as suspect, suspect, lawyer, alibi, police officer killed, murder trial, puzzle, heroes, life is a bitch, rivalry, riddles and clues ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: paris france, france, europe, usa, boston, united states of america

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, deadly, legal, courtroom drama, dishonesty, rivalry and law enforcement mostly in Crime, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Physical Evidence: Three Blind Mice (2001), Presumed Innocent (1990), The Advocate (2013), Deadlocked (2000), Throwdown (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Three Blind Mice (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, frame up, vietnam veteran, protagonist as suspect, false accusation, dishonesty, law enforcement, life is a bitch, legal action, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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100%
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
Style: surprise ending, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, adultery, mistress, infidelity, legal, investigation, court, twists and turns, obsession ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit
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100%
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The Advocate (2013)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, enigmatic, detective ...
Plot: murder, lawyer, courtroom, false accusation, hotshot lawyer, protagonist as suspect, injustice, righting the wronged, who done it, courtroom drama, social differences, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 374
Deadlocked (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young man is accused of rape and murder and placed on trial. His father doesn't believe that he is guilty, so in act of desperation he grabs the bailiff's guns and takes the whole jury hostage and insists that the prosecuting attorney ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, hostage, courtroom, uncover truth, false accusation, legal action, legal investigation, injustice, price of justice, legal, dishonesty, society ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 3.4
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Throwdown (2014)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A young criminal defense attorney struggles with a homicide case that is not as cut and dry as it appears while battling a drinking habit. The story goes beyond the lives of those directly related to the case and shines a much needed spotlight on ...
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, action adventure ...
Plot: murder, law enforcement, legal action, legal investigation, rivalry, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, criminal, gangster, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
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30%
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Death Sentence (1974)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A juror on a murder case begins to believe that the man on trial is innocent of the crime - and then discovers that the real killer is her own husband.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, jury, trial, courtroom, murder, innocent man, murder trial, protagonist as suspect, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal, legal investigation ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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 12K
Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.3
 264
Her Fatal Flaw (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: If you think your dating life is hard, check out what happens to poor Laney! Talk about a love hangover: The nice guy this prominent attorney spent last night with winds up being the main suspect in the brutal murder of a Chicago city councilman. If ...
Style: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, woman in danger, police detective, manipulation, danger, dishonesty, legal, legal investigation, courtroom drama, murder, political corruption, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Naked Lie (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style: erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: law, murder, prostitute, legal, power relations, who done it, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, courtroom, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson (1989)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Ken Malansky, a law student of Perry Mason's, is accused of murdering a fellow student. Perry is reluctant to take on his case as the victim was the son of a close friend.
Style: detective, witty, realistic, suspenseful, serious
Plot: courtroom, murder, intelligence agency, advocate, lawyer, university, power relations, friendship, legal investigation, moral dilemma, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Reversible Errors (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story: A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style: serious, psychological, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot: legal, false accusation, investigation, frame up, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, lovers reunited, dedicated lawyer, police detective, law enforcement, fighting the system ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: legal investigation, rehabilitation, legal, injustice, courtroom, family problems, dishonesty, law enforcement, estrangement, false accusation, courtroom drama, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.3
 358
Never Forget (2008)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
Style: psychological, realistic, mind bending, tense, exciting ...
Plot: murder, amnesia, woods, rock, puzzle, memory loss, best friend, dishonesty, law enforcement, danger, chases and races, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Style: detective, clever, cynical, mind bending, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, advocate, lawyer, tennis, law enforcement, legal investigation, false accusation, wrong place wrong time, righting the wronged, courtroom drama, private detective ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Perry Mason Returns (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When his former secretary (Barbara Hale) is accused of a murder, Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) gives up a judgeship to defend her.
Style: suspenseful, serious, tense, realistic, detective ...
Plot: courtroom, false accusation, private detective, boss and employee, law enforcement, courtroom drama, legal action, legal, dishonesty, lawyer, inheritance, murder ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.8
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The Client (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, who done it, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, legal, murder, twists and turns, courtroom, lawyer, attorney, legal investigation, deadly ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
 290
The Lawyer (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Wilma Harrison had it all. A wealthy doctor for a husband. A big playboy for a lover. A beautiful home. And a horrible death.
Style: independent film, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, socialite, law, business, court, bad guy, murder, hotshot lawyer, infidelity, false accusation, who done it, courtroom drama ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Fatal Acquittal (2014)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A woman accused of murdering her husband is found innocent, only to be terrorized by the real killer once she is set free.
Style: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, dishonesty, legal, uncover truth, danger, who done it, acquittal, legal action, suspect, guilty, husband, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in the process.
Style: psychological, detective, realistic, serious, mind bending ...
Plot: courtroom, murder, lawyer, advocate, viking, intelligence agency, cons and scams, false accusation, courtroom drama, power relations, legal action, crime gone awry ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: legal investigation, murder, legal action, protagonist as suspect, couple relations, false accusation, dedicated lawyer, society, clergy, legal, dishonesty, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, law enforcement, police investigation, legal investigation, twists and turns, dedicated lawyer, rivalry, legal, parents and children, lawyer, power relations, courtroom drama ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A killer of Detroit clergy confesses to a priest (Donald Sutherland), who turns sleuth because he cannot tell the police.
Style: disturbing, serious, atmospheric, bleak, neo noir ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, psychopath, moral dilemma, church, haunted by the past, clergy, society, uncover truth, legal, investigation, who done it ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not the murderer in this case Perry Mason intents to find the killer...
Style: serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful, detective
Plot: advocate, law, intelligence agency, lawyer, murder, courtroom, gangster, dishonesty, legal action, uncover truth, investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Mistrial (1996)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, hostage, injustice, legal investigation, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, murder, false accusation, legal, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty ...
Time: 20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place: new york, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Night of the Wilding (1990)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Joseph Gainer is a high priced attorney, notorious for getting guilty criminals off the hook. But Gainer is forced to take another look at the price you pay for defending the guilty when he takes on a case of three young men accused of a heinous ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, disturbing, rough
Plot: gang rape, courtroom, gang, power relations, life is a bitch, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, legal, law enforcement, legal action, rivalry, urban ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 4.5
 379
Pendulum (2001)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The nature and lure of power: in Dallas, a councilman is on trial for corruption, the D.A. is running for the US Senate, a serial killer is slashing prostitutes, and a professor is murdered. Amanda Reeve is assigned to investigate the law-school ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, exciting, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, murder, politician, uncover truth, investigation, life is a bitch, police corruption, dangerous attraction, partners against crime, dishonesty, protagonist as suspect, who done it ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Style: detective, realistic, serious, suspenseful, clever
Plot: courtroom, murder, amateur detective, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, who done it, parents and children, legal, mind game, false accusation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Cause of Death (2001)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A deputy-district attorney, assigned to investigate the murder of the mayor's cousin, finds himself falling for the victim's wife.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dangerous attraction, political corruption, murder, love affair, who done it, rivalry, law enforcement, danger, femme fatale, murder investigation, trial, district attorney ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: murder, courtroom, lawyer, advocate, intelligence agency, false accusation, frame up, legal action, courtroom drama, legal, rivalry, army investigation ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private ...
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: hotel, courtroom, law, advocate, lawyer, motel, intelligence agency, private investigator, murder, who done it, false accusation, courtroom drama ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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